Zi Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Person (rén)
傷
Kangxi stroke count: 13
Page 115, Entry 01
Pronounced shang. It means pain.
Glossary of Terms (Erya), Explanation of Ancient Words (Shigu): Shang means sadness.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan: Only so as to not prolong the sadness.
Minor Odes of the Kingdom (Xiaoya): My heart is sorrowful.
It also refers to trauma or damage.
Book of Documents (Shujing), Charge to Yue (Shuoming): Like one walking barefoot without looking at the ground, one's feet will surely be injured.
It also refers to destruction or injury.
Book of Rites (Liji), Black Robes (Ziyi): The heart is made whole by the body, but is also injured by the body.
It also refers to doing harm.
Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 22nd Year of Duke Xi: A gentleman does not inflict double injury.
It is also a surname.
Zuo Tradition: Shang Xing, a person of Song.
Also, according to the System of Posthumous Titles (Shifa): Dying young without having established a family is called shang.
Also rhyming with liang, same as the character for sorrowful (shang).
Zhang Heng, Four Sorrows Poetry (Sichou Shi): The road is long and I cannot reach you, I lean and feel melancholy, why do I harbor sorrow and a heart troubled and injured.
Textual Research:
Glossary of Terms (Erya), Explanation of Teachings (Shixun): Sorrowful thoughts. According to the original text, Explanation of Teachings has been corrected to Explanation of Ancient Words (Shigu), and sorrowful thoughts has been corrected to Shang means sadness.
Book of Documents (Shujing), Charge to Yue (Shuoming): If barefoot do not look at the ground. According to the original text, do not look has been corrected to not look.